GDP not enough, say experts – what about hours slept and city birds?

“World leaders are acknowledging GDP’s limitations, as well as the need for broader measures to evaluate societal progress,” says Anantha Duraiappah, Director of UN University’s International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change, co-host of the symposium together with the Malaysian Industry ­Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT), in partnership with the Japanese Ministry of Environment and the Sime Darby Foundation.